Prof. Li works at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), End-User Software Engineering, Machine Learning (ML), and Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications. He uses human-centered methods to design, build, and study interactive systems to empower individuals to create, configure, and extend AI-powered computing systems.
His recent work seeks to address the societal challenges in the future of work through a bottom-up, human-AI collaborative approach that helps individuals automate and augment their tasks with AI systems.
Prof. Li is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in computing education and research.
Assistant Professor, Antimicrobial Resistance/Farm Animal Medicine Purdue Veterinary Hospital Infectious Disease Epidemiologist
Director, Merck-Purdue Center James Tarpo Jr. and Margaret Tarpo Professor Department of Chemistry and (by courtesy) of Computer Science, Purdue University